What Does Miami Need To Do With Remaining Cap Space?

Jimmy Bourbon

7 years ago

Some cheap gems may be purchased with remaining cap space

Cap space can be saved until next year

Most of the heavy spending and cap maneuvering by the Miami Dolphins has already been done for the upcoming season. The end result appears, at least on paper, that we have a better and deeper roster than last year.

Of course, the proof is in the pudding.

Based on the best price per head software as Ace Pay Per Head it appears that we have around $16 to $17.5 million in cap space left available for the 2017 season.

So the multi-million dollar question is, what will Miami do with this extra money?

There’s been a lot of speculation that it’s being saved to extend Jarvis Landry’s contract. However, the more time that goes by the less likely that either side will do anything that will influence this year’s cap number.

But we can always hope for a pleasant surprise before the season begins.

Another option is to sit back and wait until after each team makes their final roster cuts and see if there are any players that are worthy to scoop up. This is something that every team does, because the price of these types of players are generally minimal. So, even if Miami picks up a couple of other teams cast offs, it won’t cost that much, and there should still be plenty of space left.

There are also a bunch of free agent veteran players that have not been signed, and depending what happens in camp with performance and injuries, Miami may think about signing players like OT Ryan Clady, C Nick Mangold, CB Darrelle Revis, TE Gary Barnidge, OLB Paul Kruger, CB Brandon Flowers, DT Jared Odrick, WR Anquan Boldin, S Sam Shields, CB Leon Hall, G Orlando Franklin, and QB Colin Kaepernick just to name a few.

2018 will likely be similar to 2016 in regards to being tight with the cap

The last and actually most probably option for Miami is to do nothing, and then just roll over their remaining cap space to next season, where Miami is currently ranked as the third worst cap situation in the NFL.

According to overthecap.com Miami has $174,754,140 committed in 2018 contracts, and based on their calculations for what the 2018 salary cap is going to be, Miami only has $3,245,860 left in space.

However another reputable website for salary cap information– spotrac.com –calculated that Miami has $179,038,671 committed in 2018 contracts, but based on their calculations for what the 2018 salary cap is going to be, they have Miami Negative -$11,038,671 over the cap!

This is around a $14 million dollar difference and ranges from bad to terrible.

The bottom line is that Miami is going to be super tight with the purse strings in 2018.

Sure, Miami can easily free up cap space by not resigning such players as Bryon Maxwell ( $10 million), possibly say good-bye to Ja’Wuan James if he continues to regress ($9.75 million), Mike Pouncey (5 million saved), or Julius Thomas (6.6 million)…

…But the reality is, Miami really needs to be prudent in preparation for next season. This probably means not using all their available money, so they can instead roll it over to 2018, where it will be desperately needed. What are the rest of the Miami Dolphins News fans thoughts about what Miami will decide to do with their current available cap space?

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